Voynich Authorship

[Mark Knowles]

Francesco Barbavera was an advisor to Gian Galeazzo Visconti, as you know.
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It is important to note that they were 2 Francesco Barbavara's both very closely related.(Uncle and Nephew). The Francesco Barbavara who effectively ran the administration of Duke of Milan, Gian Galeazzo Visconti, is elder of the two. He died in 1415. The Francesco Barbavara that I refer to with respect to the authorship of the Voynich manuscript was Ducal Secretary to Duke of Milan, Filippo Maria Visconti, from 1425 and ran the Milanese Chancellery.